Shakespeare and His Culture on Stage and on the Page Conference Schedule

Bringing together Shakespeare scholars from across Michigan, this conference will explore the cultural, historical, literary and textual significance of the First Folio by examining the presence of Shakespeare’s writings in three media: stage performance, manuscript, and print. As cultural and historical objects, the First Folio and Shakespeare’s other writings offer a rich corpus for considering Shakespeare in relation to various strands of early modern culture and society, such as class, the court, domesticity, economics, education, ethnicity, gender, history, nationhood, politics, popular culture, race, religion, sexuality and social hierarchy.

"Shakespeare and His Culture on Stage and on the Page" Bernath Auditorium, David Adamany Undergraduate Library at Wayne State University.

3:15-4:45: Panel #5—“Not of an age, but for all time”: Shakespeare’s Later ReceptionModerator: Arthur F. Marotti (Wayne State)“Killing Desdemona: Late 18th-century Etchings to Contemporary Comic Books,” J. Caitlin Finlayson (University of Michigan, Dearborn)“Hamlet/Haider in the Age of Terror,” Jyotsna G. Singh (Michigan State University)“Stealth Shakespeare,” Linda Gregerson (University of Michigan)

This event is: Free and open to the public, with no reservation required

First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library, is a national traveling exhibition organized by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 2016 of Shakespeare’s death. It is produced in association with the American Library Association and the Cincinnati Museum Center. First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library, has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor, and by the support of Google.org, Vinton and Sigrid Cerf, and other generous donors.